Cane Ridge High School, 12848 Old Hickory Blvd.: grades 9-12, 1,982 students in 2024-25, state letter grade F.

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Cane Ridge High, Metro Nashville Public Schools’ school directory, 2026-27 pathways chart (PDF), district calendar, school start times and zone finder, the Tennessee Department of Education’s State Report Card, 2024-25 letter grade, school profile, graduation rate and ACT files and spring 2026 test file, the federal NCES school directory, the TSSAA’s 2026-27 classifications.

Cane Ridge High School is a Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) high school serving ninth grade through 12th grade, in the Cane Ridge cluster in the Southeast quadrant of the district. Its mailing address says Antioch, a community inside Nashville’s consolidated city-county government.

  • Address: 12848 Old Hickory Blvd., Antioch, TN 37013
  • Main office: 615-687-4000
  • Grades: 9-12
  • School hours: 7:25 a.m. to 2:25 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 start times
  • Website: caneridgehs.mnps.org

Who to call

  • Front office: 615-687-4000
  • Enrolling a new student: the school, or one of MNPS’s eight enrollment centers, open 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays; MNPS Family Information Center 615-259-4636
  • Checking a zone: the MNPS zone finder
  • Buses: MNPS Transportation, 615-259-4636; the district says students who attend their zoned school and live more than 1.25 miles away (1.5 miles for high schools) can ride the bus

Principal

Principal Deante’ Alexander, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 1,943 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 21 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 1,982 students.

State report card

Tennessee grades every public school A to F. The department says School Letter Grades give “a snapshot of how each school in the state is performing, including student achievement and academic growth measures for all schools, as well as a measure of college and career readiness just for high schools.”

From the state’s 2024-25 letter grade file, 2025 graduation rate file and 2024-25 ACT file:

Measure Cane Ridge High
Overall letter grade, 2024-25 F (score 1.3 of 5)
Achievement grade F
Academic growth grade F
Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students C
College and career readiness grade D
Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 12.8%
College and career readiness rate, 2024-25 39.8%
Graduation rate, class of 2025 80.6% (435 of 540 students)
Average ACT composite, 2024-25 15.3 (417 students tested)

The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of Cane Ridge High students who met or exceeded expectations on each end-of-course exam: English I 14.3%, English II 30.3%, Integrated Math I 9.1%, Integrated Math II 25.1%, Integrated Math III 27.9%, Biology 28.2% and U.S. History 25.5%. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.

The State Report Card page for Cane Ridge High holds the full detail: results by grade and subject, chronic absenteeism and results for each group of students.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

MNPS attendance zones do not follow neighborhood lines. Check an address in the zone finder, which shows the zoned elementary, middle and high school, or see the district’s Cane Ridge cluster map (PDF) and the other maps on its district maps page.

On the district’s 2026-27 pathways chart (PDF), the Cane Ridge cluster’s middle schools, Antioch Middle and Thurgood Marshall Middle, feed Cane Ridge High.

The cluster’s elementary schools are A. Z. Kelley Elementary, Cane Ridge Elementary, Cole Elementary, Eagle View Elementary and Henry C. Maxwell Elementary.

Calendar and school hours

The MNPS 2026-27 district calendar has these dates next:

  • Thursday, Oct. 22: report cards issued
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: parent conference day, no school for students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, district closed
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break (district closed Nov. 26-27)
  • Dec. 15-17: half days for high school exams
  • Friday, Dec. 18: half day; the second quarter ends
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break
  • March 22-26, 2027: spring break and the spring holiday
  • Tuesday, May 25, 2027: last day for students, a half day

The school day runs 7:25 a.m. to 2:25 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 school start times, which the Board of Education approved as part of a districtwide adjustment.

Sports and activities

Cane Ridge High competes in the TSSAA, the state high school athletic association. For 2026-27, the TSSAA football classification list puts its team in Class 6A, Region 5, with Antioch, Clarksville, John Overton, McGavock, Rossview and West Creek. Boys basketball is in Class 4A, Region 4, District 8. The school’s athletics page lists baseball, basketball, bowling, boys and girls soccer, cheerleading and dance, cross country, football, softball, volleyball, golf, wrestling, tennis and track and field. It is one of the Academies of Nashville high schools; its website lists four career academies: Architecture and Construction, Arts and Communication, Health Management, and Law. For game nights, see our Friday night football guide and the scoreboard.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Cane Ridge High serve?

Ninth grade through 12th grade. The school is at 12848 Old Hickory Blvd. in Antioch; the main office number is 615-687-4000.

What is Cane Ridge High’s state report card grade?

Cane Ridge High received an F overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.

What time does Cane Ridge High start?

School runs from 7:25 a.m. to 2:25 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 school start times.